Thank God we live in Texas and for the most part rationality prevails.
Ha, you're going to block me but I'm the one who is sensitive?
Text does not emote and trying to expree something without writing a book can easily cause misunderstandings. I was talking local and specific. You were talking national amd general. Shrug.
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OTOH, sometimes an emoji works perfectly! Nice to see you friend!
I was working at my seasonal retail job today, (a big national retailer). I was working in the toy department which is near the seasonal section, when I saw an older lady who appeared to be looking for something and not all too happy.
The good worker that I am, I went up to her with a smile and asked, “Can I help you find something?” She, while sporting a rather sour expression said, “Yes. Do you have anything “True Meaning”?”
I'm thinking being that we are in seasonal, perhaps this is some type of collectible brand, so I politely ask, “What type of item are you looking for?” She with a big tisk, tisk says rather loudly, “Don't you know about “True Meaning”? That is the real meaning of Christmas! The Birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! You should be ashamed of yourself not to know that but this is to be expected from the type of people who work at this store.”
I wanted to say, “Hey lady that's just fantastic about Jesus' birthday and all that, but that doesn't tell me about what the heck are you looking for right now.” But instead I smiled and taking a stab in the dark asked, “Are you perhaps looking for a Nativity set?” She curtly said “Yes,” and I with a smile said, “Ah great, let me see what we have.” I keyed in “Nativity” into the hand held scanner and voila! It came back with several hits and gave me a location that was several aisles away.
So I cheerfully asked her to follow me and I showed her the several very nice Nativity sets we had. Then she said, “No! I'm looking for something for outdoors!” What I wanted to say was, “Well you might have been a little more specific on what you were looking for because I failed mind reading in college.” But no, no, no. Instead I looked at my scanner again and smiled and said, “I'm sorry but it appears that we don't carry any outdoor Nativity displays”.
“Is there anything else I can help you with?” To which she said, “Well next time You have one of your meetings, “You” can tell “Them” that “They” have a very unhappy customer”. What I wanted to say was, “Sure, I'm going to fly out to corporate headquarters in Minnesota first thing in the morning and let the board of directors know all about your concerns.” But instead I said, “I'm sorry we didn't have what you were looking for,” and I suggested a few local garden and home centers that might carry what she was looking for and then she just walked away in a huff, saying nothing. I went back to the toy department to continue stocking the shelves.
When I got there, there were four older ladies with two shopping carts completely full of toys, talking with one of my co-workers; a very nice young college student, also a seasonal worker who started the same week I did. One of the women said to me, “This guy is awesome!” to which another of the women said “Yes he is! He's wonderful!” Another said, “He should get a raise”. I really thought they were going to hug and kiss him.
One of the women told me they were buying toys for a family who had a child in the hospital with cancer and who really needed help providing a nice Christmas. They had a list of toys that this kid and his siblings had asked Santa for, that I presume either the parents couldn't afford to buy or with a very sick child in the hospital, didn't have time to shop themselves.
For the most part these ladies had no idea what the toys on the list were, let alone where to find them. But my young co-worker helped these women find every single toy on their list. They were so appreciative of his help and my help finding the last few items, and so happy that they had found everything on the list.
One of the ladies told us, “Remember this family on Christmas in your prayers and feel good that you helped make it a bit brighter for them.” My co-worker blushed a bit and said “You're welcome, I was happy I could help you.” I don't know if the ladies were from a church or other organization or just neighbors or co-workers of the parents. They didn't say.
I briefly thought about finding the first sour pussed old hag and telling her, “If you are really interested in finding something “True Meaning” I can introduce you to four ladies and a nice young gentleman who can clue you in on it. A hint for you; it's not about finding the biggest lighted nativity scene for your front yard or a wreath with a Jesus is the Reason for the Season ribbon.” But no, I didn't. I really need this job right now. But when I clocked out for the night, I wrote up a “Team Member Appreciation” card for my co-worker. He deserved it.
Even with a policy or absent one, transgender people having been using the bathrooms that matches their outward appearance for a long time.
I've really been avoiding commenting on this because so many have sold themselves on what is happening, but one thing I noticed looking at their financials is their decline is not due to the so-called boycott. They were in financial trouble for a while. Their decline was actually due to very poor 1Q sales figures and their stock decline trend started before their made their policy. Their low point was actually in February. They had a bit of a peak right after that when they upped their dividend, but then they released 1Q numbers and it tanked again.
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=TGT+Interactive#{%22range%22:%226mo%22,%22allowChartStacking%22:true}
Target declared their bathroom policy and the boycott started April 19th- virtually no move.
Target reported 1Q results May 18th- stock crashes. 1Q ended 03/31- before the protest began.
Change the view to their 1 year performance and the current trend is following a low trend that actually began last September. (again, with the one spike in February with the dividend increase).
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=TGT+Interactive#{%22allowChartStacking%22:true}
BINGO!
This is a fabricated issue to make right-wingers of being intolerant knuckledraggers.
This, my friends, is a man...
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You're traveling in some town you've never been to before, she approaches you at a bar, you have a few drinks. Her husky voice starts becoming strangely sexy and before you know it, you're making out like High Schoolers on Prom night, then...
It's The Crying Game all over.
When they do, they make people uncomfortable. They can pee in the correct bathrooms. No one is saying they can't pee. People just think that the comfort of the 90% matters more than the comfort of the 1% (actually less than that). There is a percentage of the population that does not care, but that does not make the large percentage that does care disappear.
I don't want to share the women's room with men. There was one of these crossdressers as a customer where I used to work. EVERYONE could tell. EVERYONE. The bathrooms were single, so it was only an issue of convenience for women when he hogged use of their room. In bathrooms where there are multiple stalls it would have been a big issue. He always got stares because EVERYONE could tell. The rolling of the eyes happened behind his back, but it happened. He looked dressed for Halloween.
Backlash forced Gay-C Penny to change their CEO, TARGET needs to feel that
If I were in the restroom at any store and someone who is obviously a man enters the women's room I would immediately leave and report it to management. If the response was that they had a "right" to use that rest room because they "identified" as a women then I would not shop at that store anymore. Target chose to make a clear statement that it was a right, and they stood behind that statement. I don't shop there anymore.